This study investigated an Internet-based intervention designed by the principle investigator to increase motivation to engage in a provided relationship enhancement
activity. It collected descriptive data to determine ...

The specimens maintained in natural history collections worldwide represent a resource that must be protected. However, as traditional collections age and historical research methods are replaced with new research ...

Topological inverse limits play an important in the theory of dynamical systems and in continuum theory. In this dissertation, we investigate classical inverse limits of Julia sets and set-valued inverse limits of arbitrary ...

This study investigated effects of fire on vegetation and small mammals in a tallgrass blackland prairie remnant. At Leonhardt Prairie, vegetation and small mammals were monitored from February 2007 through May 2008 with ...

Throughout history societies have focused on beauty and body shape. Researchers have studied the social and cultural factors that contribute to the formation of an ideal body image. Many researchers agree that western ...

Academic affairs and student affairs collaborations are increasingly important on college campuses. However, much of the research on these partnerships is not based on student affairs professionals. The purpose of this ...

Synthesizing empirical findings about lifelong writing development, I tested a measurement of cognitive complexity (CC) toward understanding how the language of affect may interact with that language associated with acts ...

Within the last decade, researchers within the field of epidemiology have begun to
use measures of intelligence to predict health-related outcomes in the emerging sub-field of cognitive epidemiology (CE). Researchers ...

Individualism and its effect on American society has received a great amount of scholarly research. Researchers have established that individualism plays a large role in all areas of society. Using the dual process model ...

This research examined a possible correlation between bacteriophage resistance of Staphylococcus aureus and the presence of integrase genes. Four lysogenic Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophages were isolated and their lytic ...

The Neogene records a period of global climate change and terrestrial ecosystem evolution; however, little is known about whether these changes influenced sedimentary and soil forming processes. The late Miocene to ...

Sense of belonging as a measure for a student's connection with his/her institution
allows student affairs administrators to better serve their students. Increased sense of
belonging is a higher indication of retention ...

Fixation on body shape and attaining societal beauty ideals is no new concept. History shows that body shaping can be dated back to early civilization. Modern American culture heavily emphasizes the female body, and clearly ...

Researchers have shown that lifting kinematics change predictably with increased load. To test whether these kinematics patterns are intrinsic or voluntary, a computer model was developed to simulate lifting in the sagittal ...

Research indicates that mass media depictions of morally controversial scientific applications and new technologies have increased in frequency during the past decades. Therefore, researchers have become increasingly ...

Context. The coagulation of dust particles is the initial step in planetary formation, with the precursors to planetesimals believed to form via the collisions of micron and submicron sized dust particles in the disk ...

Harmful blooms of Prymnesium parvum in inland waters continue to expand, in part, due to anthropogenic influences and climate change. This thesis examines influences of pH and total dissolved solids (TDS) on P. parvum ...

The present study examines the influence of positive behavior support on collective teacher efficacy. The sample was 106 high school teachers. Participants completed an internet survey, consisting of descriptive data ...

The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Signal Transduction Pathway is a conserved mechanism that plays a significant role in the regulation of cell growth. Autophagy inhibition is one method in which the TOR kinase pathway is able ...